This festival seems fun and original until you notice that all of the shops at it are just about 4 different things. There’s jewelry shops, pottery shops, hat shops, and woodworking shops. Moving onto their food, the lines turn the whole food ordeal into a 30+ minute activity. And finally to cap it all off, if you live nearby, don’t expect to have any peace for the whole weekend. This festival makes it so that their bands playing play as loud as possible making it sound like they’re playing right outside your window even when you’re blocks away from the bands. This whole festival is extremely frustrating and needs to be completely rethought if the organizers want it to actually...
Read moreFun place to visit and take the family too. Lots of fun little shops and places to eat. It is a little expensive but still fun to visit and enjoy the handmade nic nacs of corvallis. Live music and lots of different shops including clothes, leather, pottery, food, glass, 3d printed, art, jewelry and others. There is a park and arts/crafts center for the kids to play. Free admission but the parking is terrible so parking a little further away and walking 5-10min works best to avoid crowds. They also have some water refill stations which is awesome since it's usually warm during this time of year. If you take your time to look at all the tents expect to spend...
Read moreA pleasant, family friendly romp around the woody area of downtown Corvallis. Going on for 50 years now, what a lovely walk down memory lane. Of COURSE, the artisans are the same kinda stuff (can't reinvent art/jewelry/crafts), of COURSE you have to wait for food (its a festival), of COURSE the live music is loud. Frankly, the neighborhood would be less desirable without it, and Corvallis is better for it. Don't be a Debbie Downer KaDeN, whatever...
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